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2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Country Australia Teams 735
The 2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds was the qualifying competition to decide 21 of the 32 teams which took part in the 2017 FFA Cup Round of 32, along with the 10 A-League clubs and reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Sydney United 58 ). The preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition is staggered in each federation, with the winning clubs from Round 7 of the preliminary rounds in each member federation gaining entry into the Round of 32. All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation, however only one team per club was permitted entry in the competition.
The number of fixtures for each round, and the match dates for each Federation, are as follows.
Round
Number of fixtures
Clubs
ACT [ 1]
NSW [ 2]
NNSW [ 3]
NT [ 4]
QLD [ 5]
SA [ 6]
TAS [ 7] [ 8]
VIC [ 9] [ 10]
WA [ 11]
First qualifying round
9
735 → 726
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10–12 Feb
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Second qualifying round
28
726 → 698
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–
–
–
–
–
17–18 Feb
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First round
50 + 7 byes
698 → 648
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25–26 Feb
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8 Mar
–
–
25–28 Feb
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Second round
128 + 6 byes
648 → 520
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11–12 Mar
17 Feb–8 Apr
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9 Feb–5 Apr
11–13 Mar
–
3–6 Mar
19 Mar
Third round
191 + 11 byes
520 → 329
11–20 Apr
15 Mar–4 Apr
11 Mar–27 Apr
4–26 Apr
4 Mar–12 Apr
24–26 Mar
13 Mar
11–13 Mar
1–2 Apr
Fourth round
151
329 → 178
9–20 May
29 Mar–2 May
2–13 May
2–16 May
18 Mar–19 Apr
13–17 Apr
17 Apr
17–19 Mar
17 Apr
Fifth round
83 + 1 bye
178 → 95
30 May–3 Jun
19 Apr–10 May
17–20 May
26 Apr–30 May
8 Apr–10 May
13–15 May
29 Apr
28 Mar–13 Apr
25 Apr
Sixth round
42
95 → 53
8 June
9–24 May
10 Jun
10 May–13 Jun
30 Apr–30 May
13–14 Jun
20–21 May
25 Apr–4 May
20–21 May
Seventh round
21
53 → 32
17 Jun
30–31 May
12–13 Jun
24 Jun
9–10 Jun
24 Jun
12 Jun
23–24 May
5 Jun
Some round dates in respective Federations overlap due to separate scheduling of Zones/Sub-Zones.
The preliminary rounds structures were as follows,[ 2] [ 9] and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian association football league system :
18 Victorian clubs level 9 and below entered this stage.
56 Victorian clubs (9 from the previous round and 47 level 8) entered this stage.
10 Northern NSW clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
88 Victorian clubs (28 from the previous round and 60 level 6–7) entered this stage.
18 New South Wales clubs level 6 and below entered this stage.
52 Northern NSW clubs (5 from the previous round and 52 level 4 and below) entered this stage.
Queensland: 38 Brisbane-based clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
20 South Australian clubs level 3–5 entered this stage.
80 Victorian clubs (44 from the previous round and 36 level 5–6) entered this stage.
10 Western Australian clubs level 6 and below entered this stage.
11 Australian Capital Territory clubs level 3 and below entered this stage.
116 New South Wales clubs (9 from the previous round and 107 level 4 and below) entered this stage.
41 Northern NSW clubs (30 from the previous round and 11 level 3) entered this stage.
6 Northern Territory clubs level 2 and below entered this stage.
Queensland: 39 Brisbane-based clubs (19 from the previous round and 20 level 3–4) entered this stage.
32 South Australian clubs (10 from the previous round and 22 level 2–3) entered this stage.
8 Tasmanian clubs level 3 entered this stage.
64 Victorian clubs (40 from the previous round and 24 level 4) entered this stage.
32 Western Australian clubs (10 from the previous round and 28 level 3–5) entered this stage.
16 Australian Capital Territory clubs (7 from the previous round and 9 level 2) entered this stage.
80 New South Wales clubs (58 from the previous round and 22 level 2–3) entered this stage.
31 Northern NSW clubs (21 from the previous round and 10 level 2) entered this stage.
6 Northern Territory clubs (3 from the previous round and 3 level 2 and below) entered this stage.
42 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
16 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
16 Tasmanian clubs (4 from the previous round and 12 level 2–3) entered this stage.
64 Victorian clubs (32 from the previous round and 32 level 2–3) entered this stage.
32 Western Australian clubs (19 from the previous round and 13 level 2) entered this stage.
8 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
40 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
16 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
7 Northern Territory clubs (3 from the previous round and 4 level 2–3) entered this stage.
32 Queensland clubs (22 from the previous round and 10 level 2) entered this stage.
8 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
8 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
32 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
16 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
4 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
20 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
8 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
4 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
16 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
4 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
4 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
16 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
8 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
2 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage, which was also the Final of the Federation Cup .
10 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 5 winners – along with the reigning National Premier Leagues champion Sydney United 58 – also participated in the Waratah Cup .
4 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
2 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage – the winners of the Darwin-based and Alice Springs-based knockout competitions – which doubled as the final of the Sport Minister's Cup .
8 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
2 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage, which was also the Grand Final of the Federation Cup .
2 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage, which was also the Grand Final of the Milan Lakoseljac Cup .
8 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage. The 4 winners also qualified to the semi-finals of the Dockerty Cup .[ 12]
4 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also progressed to the Final of the Football West State Cup .
Note: Sydney United 58 did not participate in the New South Wales qualifying rounds, as they have already qualified into the FFA Cup as 2016 National Premier Leagues champions.
Note: A-League Youth teams playing in their respective federation leagues were specifically excluded from the preliminary rounds as their respective Senior A-League clubs are already part of the competition.[ 13]
Key to abbreviations [ edit ]
Federation
Zone
Sub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South Wales
NTH = North
FNC = Far North Coast MNC = Mid North Coast NC = North Coast NI = Northern Inland
STH = South
NT = Northern Territory
ASP = Alice Springs DAR = Darwin
QLD = Queensland
BNE = Brisbane
NQL = North Queensland
CQ = Central Queensland FNQ = Far North Queensland MRF = Mackay Regional Football NQ = North Queensland WB = Wide Bay
SQL = South Queensland
GC = Gold Coast SC = Sunshine Coast SWQ = South West Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia
SW = South West
First qualifying round [ edit ]
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Second qualifying round [ edit ]
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w/o = Walkover
† = After Extra Time
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